The Sudirman-Thamrin Permanent Bike Route To Be Completed This March, Motorcyclists Are Prohibited From Passing

Illustration-Bicycle Path (Photo: Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, said that the construction of permanent bicycle lanes on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman and MH Thamrin will be completed in March.

This line will be bounded by concrete on the left side with a public motorized vehicle lane. Given the wide road, Syafrin asked motorcyclists not to cross the bicycle lane.

"Of course we will educate all motorists, be it motorized vehicles or bicycles, to use the lanes designated for each type of vehicle," said Syafrin at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, February 24.

To keep the bicycle lanes sterile and safe for other riders, the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency will ask the Traffic Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya to supervise it.

The 11.2 kilometers long permanent bicycle path. 2 meters wide. Then, the divider uses pot-shaped concrete which will be filled with plants.

"For the protection of the bicycle lane, we use a planter box with a shape like a chain that is interconnected," said Syafrin.

The permanent bicycle lane on this protocol road will be equipped with several facilities for cyclists. Among them are way finding, footrests at intersections in the bicycle path, and rest areas in the form of a bike rack on the sidewalk.

Making this bicycle path costs around IDR 30 billion. The budget is not from the APBD, but rather from third party compensation.

In the construction of this permanent bicycle path, the DKI Provincial Government will also build an inscription containing an ornament that has become an icon of Jakarta and bicycles. This inscription is located on the sidewalk or pedestrian path.

"The permanent bicycle path will also be integrated with mass public transport service facilities, including 9 Transjakarta bus stops, 6 Jakarta MRT stations, 1 Commuter Line train station, 1 airport train station, and 1 Jabodebek LRT station," said Syafrin.

He continued, the construction of permanent bicycle paths is expected to make bicycles an alternative and alternative mode of first mile and last mile trips to support transit-oriented transportation policies.